Friction-tread for vehicle-tires.



PATENTED NOV. 22,-1904.

No. 775,722. L. P. FAISON.

FRICTION TRBAD FOR VEHICLE TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28.1904.

4 no MODEL.

314mm Z L. 7. WZd0fl UNITE STATES.

Patented November 22, 1904.

PATENT Fries.

LEO P. FAISON, GOLOONDA, NEVADA.

FHlCTlON-TREAD FOR VEHICLE-TIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 775,722, dated November22, 1904. Application filed June 28, 1904. Serial No. 214,690. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO P. FAISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Golconda, in the county of Humboldt, State of N evada,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Friction-Treads forVehicle-Tires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to vehicle-tires; and it has for its object toprovide a friction-tread which may be applied to and removed from thewheel quickly, which will be held securely in place, and which willinsure against slipping of the Wheel iii sand or in slippery places.

Other objects and advantages of the'invention will be understood fromthe following description. I

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is an elevation showing a wheel equipped with the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a portion of a tireembodying the present invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse section throughthe adjacent end portions of a tread-section.

Referring now to the drawings, the present tread member comprisessections each of which consists of a strip 5 of rubber, having embeddedtherein a fabric 6, the'inner face of the strip being concaved andtransversely arcshaped, the strip being adapted to be bentcircumferentially about a portion of the tire 8 of a wheel 9, in whichposition it is held by straps 10, passed through transverse openings 11in the strip and around the tire and felly of the wheel. strip projectteeth 12 or cogs having the same general form and arrangement of theteeth or cogs of an ordinary cog-wheel, these teeth or cogs beingformed, preferably, integral with the strip and having the fabric 6carried up into them, so that they will'not be torn ofl in use.

The several sections which form the comwheel.

From the outer face ofthe plete tread are arranged end to end, and theymay be halved at their ends and overlapped so that a single strap willserve to hold the ends of two adjacent sections close upon the theunderlying portion of each section may have a lug l3, entering acorresponding recess 14: in.the bottom of the next section and lyingbehind the adjacent strap. By this means longitudinal separation of thesections will be prevented.

With the present construction it will be understood that there isprovided means for equipping the Wheels of an automobile or othertraction machines to prevent slipping of the wheels, the sections beingeasily and quickly applied and removed.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be madeand any suitable materials and proportions may be used To further holdthe sections together,

for the various parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is 1. A friction-tread for vehicle-tires provided withcogs on its outer face, said tire having a strengthening fabric embeddedtherein and extending into the cogs.

2. A friction-tread for vehicle-tires comprising sections of flexiblematerial concaved in their inner faces to receive the tire and havingcogs on their outer faces and transverse passages through their ends,the ends of mutually acljacent sections being halved together andattachingstraps engaged through the transverse passages.

3. An article of the class described, consisting of a rubber bodyportion having cogs and a fabric embedded in the body portion and foldedat intervals, the folded portions extending into the cogs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

LEO P. FAISON.

Vitnesses:

J. W. MCCRARY, D. N. SMITH.

